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Domain Name Server (DNS) records specify two important things: Where requests for an entry should be pointed (resolved) to.

How long the record can be cached before it needs to be requested again – this is ominously called the Time To Live (TTL) of the record.

You can set an alternate network ISP's DNS in the tcpip properties on the NIC properties.

So if your ISP is say telstra and it hasn't propagated or updated you can specify an alternate service providers dns there.

Also, I don't know how to save a Zone Record and recreate it using WHM or any other tool.

I do know that when I deleted a hosting account today and recreated it, the original Zone Record seemed to be propagated instantly to a DNS resolver up the line from my computer.

Some users are rookies and they'll not refresh the DNS cache manually and I know we'll lose a lot of them in the first weeks after this change.

Is there anyway to force this DNS cache to refresh so it'll be transparent for our final users?

Troubleshooting DNS is difficult not just because the TTL and caching system introduce complexities, but because many modern devices connect via different networks and chains of DNS Servers. Mine is more or less glued to my desk, and although it hasn’t moved in weeks, I’ve connected to: Every time that a network is switched, a new DNS chain is brought into effect.

If you happen to be in the midst of making changes, the servers and cache locations in the DNS chain may or may not have the correct information. ”…and when you begin troubleshooting, you’ll find that what actually happened is that they left their VPN connected.

Your best option is to make the transition seamless to the user by using something like mod_proxy with Apache to create a reverse proxy to your new server.

That would cause all queries to the old server to still return the proper results and after a few days you would be free to remove the reverse proxy.

Most organizations set up DNS records and then don’t change them for years.